Helen Simpson

Cockfosters

Stories

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A Boston Globe Best Book of the Year In these nine virtuoso stories, Helen Simpson turns her wickedly wry wit to the stations of life, the vulnerabilities of age, and the lives of ordinary people in complicated times. The title story follows two old friends as they ride the London Underground to Cockfosters--the end of the line--to retrieve a pair of newly prescribed bifocals. "Erewhon" depicts a reversal of gender roles as a man lies awake in bed fretting about his body shape, his dissatisfaction with sex, his children, and his role in his marriage. And in "Berlin," a fiftysomething couple embarks on a "Ring Cycle package" trip to Germany, recalling the ups and downs of their life together as they make their way through Wagner's epic. Funny, warmhearted, and deeply insightful, these tales brilliantly balance devastation and optimism as only Helen Simpson can.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 200mm x 128mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 166g
• ISBN-13: 9780525563624
• ISBN-10: 0525563628
• Artikelnr.: 52609765

Autorenporträt

Helen Simpson is the author of five previous collections of short stories. She spent five years writing for Vogue. Simpson is the recipient of the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and lives in London with her husband. www.helensimpsonwriter.com

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